151704 results returned for search: "" category "News"
During the current Shelter in Place period, the Bermuda Fire and Rescue Service (BFRS) is offering fire safety advice to the public in the form of Remote Home Fire Safety visits.
The BFRS notes that with more people at home, there is the likelihood o...
DATE: Apr 23, 2020
|
CATEGORY:
Other
|
AUTHOR:
News Staff
An outdoor activity centre for the disabled has been forced to lay off most of its staff because of the Covid-19 pandemic.
WindReach, which has eight full-time employees, said it would operate with 2½ full-time equivalents from May 1 until it could r...
DATE: Apr 23, 2020
|
CATEGORY:
Other
|
AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The St David’s Islanders and Native Community has cancelled its bi-annual Pow Wow which was set for June 6 & 7, as the Covid-19 health crisis continues to impact public gatherings.
“It is with our deepest regrets and heavy hearts that we, the Execut...
DATE: Apr 23, 2020
|
CATEGORY:
Other
|
AUTHOR:
Press Release
While most of us are safe at home during the Covid-19 pandemic, essential workers put their lives at risk to keep Bermuda going.
The Royal Gazette salutes these selfless men and women in hospitals, supermarkets, delivery vans, gas stations and other...
DATE: Apr 22, 2020
|
CATEGORY:
Other
|
A dozen new cases of Covid-19 were confirmed last night.
A spokeswoman for the Ministry of Health said that 222 test results had come back yesterday, with 12 positive and 210 clear.
The new victims brought the total number of cases up to 98, with 3...
DATE: Apr 22, 2020
|
CATEGORY:
Health
|
A veteran Girl Guides leader who became the island’s first black woman postmaster has died.
Janice Dill, who also worked for decades with the Salvation Army, was 88.
Ms Dill was part of a group of older Girl Guides from the Cedar Hill Land Rangers in...
DATE: Apr 22, 2020
|
CATEGORY:
Other
|
Teams from the Bermuda Hospitals Board and the Department of Health joined forces to spot possible risks of Covid-19 exposure in BHB staff who also worked at a care home that suffered an outbreak of the disease.
A BHB spokeswoman said that staff were...
DATE: Apr 22, 2020
|
CATEGORY:
Health
|
AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Fears about meat for sale in Bermuda that was processed in factories whose workforces have been hit by Covid-19 have been quashed by health officials.
The outbreak of the disease has forced meatpacking factories in several US states to close, includi...
DATE: Apr 22, 2020
|
CATEGORY:
Other
|
AUTHOR:
Colin Thompson
Schoolchildren who thanked essential workers and the Government for their work in the Covid-19 crisis through a video project did an “awesome job”, the woman who spearheaded the effort said yesterday.
Shoa Wolfe, a media teacher and the Senior 3 yea...
DATE: Apr 22, 2020
|
CATEGORY:
Other
|
Covid-19 has caused massive unemployment among taxi drivers and the restaurant trade, industry figures said yesterday.
David Frost, the president of the Bermuda Taxi Owners Association, said almost 600 taxi drivers were off the road because of the pa...
DATE: Apr 22, 2020
|
CATEGORY:
Other
|
AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes